I know but they haven't been replaced!

High time for a Sensible fans forum that doesn't get bogged down with irrelevant chat about the Unimportant.

Mac must be as frustrated as us. He is probably under huge financial constraints in addition to the massive injury list. Lets not forget he is an employee of the club and is hardly going to lambaste the chairman, club or players publicly.

A forum would be good as Windy mentioned

Simple. He has a contract till end of 2011. We almost certainly couldn't afford to pay him off and even if we did, no other coach with half a bit of sense would take the job on with the club in its present state.

Just posted this on VT but thought I'd get a quicker response on here.

This aimed at the Quins RL fans.
How much of an effect has the name 'Harlequins' had? Has it led to a loss of fans/spectators who follow a union team other than Quins RU?
If Harlequins RL did go into the Championship would it enable them to build a strong academy, give the younger lads first team action and allow the fans to see a winning, competitive team?

What does a name matter. Its about success, marketing, facilities, match day experience..... What is so special about being called London Broncos?

A lot of the clubs changed there names, Wolves, Reds, Warriors, Giants.......

McDermott has had some pretty decent squads and the best finish he has managed is 9th. Do you think we were under "huge" financial constraints when we were paying wages for the likes of Scott Hill and Henry Paul?

I've come to the conclusion we manage what cap we have to spend really badly. Think of the number of players who have signed and either left without playing a game or barely played over the last two seasons:

Robinson, James, Grayshon, Gardner, Nanyn (I'm sure you can add your own…)

Combine the salaries and we easily afford a player who could make a difference:

I'm not saying there's an exact science to signing players (clearly there is not and some of it is luck) but we seem to make a habit of being spectacularly bad at it and it happens too often for it just to be luck (Haumono, Faumauina, Villasanti, Fa'afili, Robinson)

Easy tiger, it was only a question!
One difference with the examples you gave is that while adding a moniker (eg Wolves, Reds, Warriors) the clubs kept their traditional names (eg Warrington, Salford, Wigan).

This club has been called-Fulham, London Crusaders, London Broncos and Harlequins-This name change isnt the first.

How did Eastern Suburbs suffer when they became Sydney City Roosters, similarly Western Magpies when they became West Tigers,

Roosters still struggling for crowds and now financially.
Wests Tigers was a merger and have since won the Grand Final.

If you spent all of that money on one player and he gets injured, what then? Its easy to say we have had rubbish from the lower divisions, which we have, but with the limited finances available Mac has to create a 25 + man squad. If only we could unearth a Lunt or similar from the championship it would be great.

If he had readily available funds do you not think he would have gone and brought a player or 2 in with the funds made available from Robinson leaving for example. Its clear we are not spending like we have in the past- Hill, Paul, Mclinden etc would have all been on 100K plus you would expect, who have we brought in since their departure who will be taking that 300K? Its simple maths